Covering All Things Florida
SpaceX shared on its X page on Monday that it is targeting Monday, November 18th, for the next launch of the Starship program. The announcement comes only three weeks after SpaceX’s last launch from Star Base in Boca Chica, TX.
SpaceX’s fifth flight test of a complete Starship was a resounding success. After watching that launch, it is hard not to be inspired by what is coming for SpaceX and humanity.
SpaceX launched its Starship Super Heavy rocket from Texas today in a flight that was seen as a complete success.
Could the next Starship launch be closer than we thought?
In the sci-fi classic “2010: The Year We Make Contact”, a manned mission headed to Europa received an ominous warning from alien monoliths, “All these worlds are yours except Europa – attempt no landing there.“NASA is very likely hoping this bit of science fiction stays that way as they prepare to launch a new mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon.
Every year, thousands of people descend on Florida’s Space Coast with a variety of plans. And you know what they say about the best laid plans…..
Watching a Starship launch from South Texas can be an exciting experience! The trick is knowing when to be there. For now, that might take a little detective work.
Rocket launches are happening weekly from America’s spaceports. Living in Ohio, I travel around the country chasing the next launch to photograph. But how do I know when the next launch will be? And with frequent delays and shifts in launch schedules, how do I know it’s still on?
After 64 years and 389 successful launches, United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta rocket family is set to retire with the launch of the last Delta IV Heavy later this week.
“Even the local newspapers had nothing to say about the launch and that sonic boom from the booster return. What happened to the media coverage of rocket launches? I left Florida wanting to see more launches, and learn all I could about space.”
Chris Leymarie
In a press conference Thursday, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced the conclusion of the highly successful Ingenuity mission.
Northrop Grumman (NG) and SpaceX are set to launch the Cygnus spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket next week from Florida to the International Space Station. The launch window opens at 12:29 PM on Monday, January 29th.
